Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
PROJECT RESOURCES: vanillaarts.com/blog/colortheory-ep8-blue-forget-demo
LEARN WITH AMY: colorwonk.com
Do your blue B Copic Marker blending combinations look flat and fake? Let's use color theory to shade realistic forget-me-nots using an unexpected green marker.
Applied Color Theory for Alcohol Markers.
Join illustrator and art instructor, Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com in a color theory exercise for blue markers. Blue is a challenge to shade naturally because even though they make a ton of blue markers, they don't make shady blue markers! Color theory can help but most color theory videos are nothing more than color wheel tours. Amy walks you through her coloring process for desaturating blue with pinkish-purple Copic Markers and Prismacolor pencils. If you’ve ever been disappointed by your blue blending combinations or if you're still using dark blue or even gray markers to shade delicate light blue, this series of videos will change how you color florals forever.
AMY SELECTS MARKERS FOR THIS VIDEO: youtu.be/BY-etPLOxJU
FORGET-ME-NOT DIGITAL STAMP + KIT: vanillaarts.com/shop/color-theory-summ23
LEARN TO BLEND COPICS: vanilla-workshops.teachable.com/p/blend-summer
ARTICLES & TIPS: vanillaarts.com/blog-by-topic
MORE LINE ART: sketch-garden.com
PHOTO REFERENCE: vanillaarts.com/blog/colortheory-ep8-blue-forget-demo
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER +: TIPS & DISCOUNTS: vanillaarts.com/subscribe-vanilla-beans
Song: Reminiscence by Johannes Bornlof courtesy of epidemicsound.com
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:16 Theory
3:05 Prep
3:35 Marker
6:31 Flower Petals
17:33 Colored Pencil
50:03 Outro
PROJECT RESOURCES: vanillaarts.com/blog/colortheory-ep8-blue-forget-demo
LEARN WITH AMY: colorwonk.com
Do your blue B Copic Marker blending combinations look flat and fake? Let's use color theory to shade realistic forget-me-nots using an unexpected green marker.
Applied Color Theory for Alcohol Markers.
Join illustrator and art instructor, Amy Shulke from VanillaArts.com in a color theory exercise for blue markers. Blue is a challenge to shade naturally because even though they make a ton of blue markers, they don't make shady blue markers! Color theory can help but most color theory videos are nothing more than color wheel tours. Amy walks you through her coloring process for desaturating blue with pinkish-purple Copic Markers and Prismacolor pencils. If you’ve ever been disappointed by your blue blending combinations or if you're still using dark blue or even gray markers to shade delicate light blue, this series of videos will change how you color florals forever.
AMY SELECTS MARKERS FOR THIS VIDEO: youtu.be/BY-etPLOxJU
FORGET-ME-NOT DIGITAL STAMP + KIT: vanillaarts.com/shop/color-theory-summ23
LEARN TO BLEND COPICS: vanilla-workshops.teachable.com/p/blend-summer
ARTICLES & TIPS: vanillaarts.com/blog-by-topic
MORE LINE ART: sketch-garden.com
PHOTO REFERENCE: vanillaarts.com/blog/colortheory-ep8-blue-forget-demo
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER +: TIPS & DISCOUNTS: vanillaarts.com/subscribe-vanilla-beans
Song: Reminiscence by Johannes Bornlof courtesy of epidemicsound.com
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:16 Theory
3:05 Prep
3:35 Marker
6:31 Flower Petals
17:33 Colored Pencil
50:03 Outro
